The NYPD was investigating a suspicious package that was spotted outside Central Park on the Upper East Side Thursday morning, police said.
The “unattended plastic, black box” that was “shoebox-size and chained to a fence” was found on Fifth Avenue and East 85th Street around 8:15 a.m., a police source said.
The NYPD’s Bomb Squad was investigating, cops said.
The box was spotted on the Upper East Side Thursday morning. Matthew McDermott for NY Post
The incident is being investigated by the NYPD’s bomb squad. Matthew McDermott for NY Post
The “unattended” box is “shoebox-size and chained to a fence,” according to a source. Matthew McDermott for NY PostFifth Avenue was temporarily closed from East 86th Street to East 85th Street, police said.
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